Join us Monday, March 11 at 11:30am for a Bible Study from Gather Magazine.
Theme verse: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Luke 13:34)
We join Jesus in the Gospel of Luke as he is on his way to meet his end in Jerusalem. The news brings threats of death, but it cannot deter Jesus from his appointed task. Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, he offers shelter to those who would remain close to him. Will we gather with the other children of God beneath those wings, or will we prefer to go our own way?
Refusing to be intimidated, Jesus boldly calls Herod a fox, and then he refers to himself as a mother hen. Imagine: “In this corner, sponsored by the Roman Empire, we have the fox, ruler of the realm, beheader of John the Baptist, eager to kill his enemies at the first threat to his power and authority! And over in the other corner, his opponent. Sponsored by the Lord God of Israel, it is…the chicken!” Snarling teeth vs. Clucking beak. Speed and cunning vs. a mother’s love.